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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: lyndy on March 25, 2011, 01:42:53 pm

Title: For those chasing debt
Post by: lyndy on March 25, 2011, 01:42:53 pm: Did a builders clean in sept last year,worth £235 he wouldn't pay sent loads of letters saying we will take him to court,still no money.got a debt firm to send a letter cost £3,they added £40 plus 8% chq came today £284. Happy days
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Post by: sunshine windows on March 25, 2011, 02:02:33 pm: what company Lyndy, i've got a few that could do with a prod.
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Post by: lyndy on March 25, 2011, 03:01:52 pm: Harvey Ingram did it all online
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Post by: Crystal-clear on March 25, 2011, 04:42:20 pm: So a house owes me £32 quid it was agreed that they pay me for an 8 weekly clean cleaned once sent cheque cleaned 2nd time no send cheque i called 3-4 times over the last 4 months all i am told is they are in bed and they will call you no one does would Harvey Ingram sort this out i thought no contract means they dont have to pay?
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Post by: dave0123 on March 25, 2011, 05:28:33 pm: Quote
thought no contract means they dont have to pay

thats rubbish! a contract can be verbal obviously it would be harder to fight in court though. Even a contract of employment can legally be verbal but don't recommend that
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Post by: Crystal-clear on March 25, 2011, 06:16:17 pm: Quote from: dave0123 on March 25, 2011, 05:28:33 pm
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thought no contract means they dont have to pay

thats rubbish! a contract can be verbal obviously it would be harder to fight in court though. Even a contract of employment can legally be verbal but don't recommend that

Thanks Dave that's great news so can we have a link for this £3.00 place i think i might surprise some of my domestic debt! :)
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Post by: dave0123 on March 25, 2011, 06:28:12 pm: Its probably more aimed at commercial clients but don't see what harm a letter before action could do
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Post by: Crystal-clear on March 25, 2011, 06:29:33 pm: I would love them to get letter demanding payment to the window cleaner they thought they didnt need to pay
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Post by: lyndy on March 25, 2011, 06:47:36 pm: I'm sure you can do it for domestic,i think the letter would scare most people to pay,it costs £105 to take them to court.for £3 it's got to be worth a try,we have a few domestic that will be getting a letter.just google Harvey Ingram
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Post by: chopsie on March 25, 2011, 07:54:17 pm: Might be worth writing a letter up yourself first, telling them that if they do not pay in x amount of days then you will pass debt onto said debt collection agency who will charge £40 plus 8%. Might get them to pay up and also it would warn them of the extra £40+ charge coming their way. I have a few i would love to send this to.
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Post by: lyndy on March 25, 2011, 08:48:42 pm: For £3 get them to send it,we sent one to a pub no joy so far.looks like we will take them to court
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Post by: dave0123 on March 25, 2011, 09:39:18 pm: Quote
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For £3 get them to send it,we sent one to a pub no joy so far.looks like we will take them to court

You will find soon as you proceed with court proceedings they get the details in the post and they always pay up before court.. silly because they end up paying more!! ive done it around 3/4 times now.

i have even on a domestic who owed me £33.00 a doctor! soon as the court proceedings started he paid up a total of about £105 quid lol
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Post by: Crystal-clear on March 26, 2011, 07:39:06 pm: Quote from: dave0123 on March 25, 2011, 09:39:18 pm
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For £3 get them to send it,we sent one to a pub no joy so far.looks like we will take them to court

You will find soon as you proceed with court proceedings they get the details in the post and they always pay up before court.. silly because they end up paying more!! ive done it around 3/4 times now.

i have even on a domestic who owed me £33.00 a doctor! soon as the court proceedings started he paid up a total of about £105 quid lol

I guess he cancelled after :)
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Post by: Richard Neal on March 27, 2011, 08:55:43 am: I had a Housing association owed me nearly £200 who never paid, after sending them loads of letters and getting all the promises, i gave up in the end when they told me to "prove" that i had cleaned them.
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Post by: lyndy on March 27, 2011, 01:21:12 pm: Richard you should have sent a £3 letter,or told them to prove that you hadnt cleaned them
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Post by: Crystal-clear on March 27, 2011, 04:02:21 pm: can someone give us the link to this £3 phenomenal i want to send one off cant find it!
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Post by: chopsie on March 27, 2011, 04:22:03 pm: http://www.harveyingramonline.co.uk/debt-recovery-sub
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Post by: dave0123 on March 27, 2011, 04:40:26 pm: Quote
I guess he cancelled after

No he didn't but i never went back.. i suppose if i did turn up again he would tell me where to go but so what? either walk away from £33.00 and never get it or do court proceedings and get your money and never go back ::) either way your not going to return to a customer trying it on not to pay you so no loss. Actually what happened was the cheque bounced in the bank so he would't have a leg to stand on anyway

He was a doctor for god sake no one should get away with not paying someone for work done because lets face it if he received no wages at the end of the month he would be playing hell to his employers!